"Young Americans" by David Bowie (from the album Young Americans, 1975)
"Do you remember your President Nixon? / Do you remember the bills you have to pay? / Or even yesterday?"
For undergraduates in Mercedes and brand-new SUVs. For twenty-year olds who have their cellphones pulled from their bags to make that frantic call the minute I announce class is over. ("Who are you calling?" I want to ask. "What's so important?") For stupid Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirts. For senses of entitlement combined with suspect work ethics.
This one's for you.
2 comments:
At least they wait until you announce class is over and don't blatantly send text messages in the middle of class? I guess they might be doing that too, though. "omg r u rdng inviz man ellison teh sux0rz - l8r"
Well, there is the challenge of policing the laptop users, knowing that we have campus-wide wireless. I imagine their countless instant messages being sent out when they're supposed to be listening.
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